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A drink or beverage is a liquid intended for human consumption. In addition to their basic function of satisfying thirst, drinks play important roles in human culture. Common types of drinks include plain drinking water, milk, juice, smoothies and soft drinks. Traditionally warm beverages encompass coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. Caffeinated drinks that contain the stimulant caffeine, have been consumed for centuries.

In addition, alcoholic drinks such as wine, beer, and liquor, which contain the psychoactive substance ethanol, have been part of human culture for more than 8,000 years. Non-alcoholic drinks typically refer to beverages that are traditionally alcoholic—such as beer, wine, or cocktails—but are produced with a very low alcohol by volume content. This category includes beverages that have undergone processes to remove or significantly reduce alcohol, such as non-alcoholic beers and de-alcoholized wines. (Full article...)

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Apple cider (also called sweet cider, soft cider, or simply cider) is the name used in the United States and Canada for an unfiltered, unsweetened, non-alcoholic beverage made from apples. Though typically referred to simply as "cider" in North America, it is not to be confused with the alcoholic beverage known as cider in the rest of the world, which is called "hard cider" in the US. Outside of the United States and Canada, it is commonly referred to as cloudy apple juice to distinguish it from clearer, filtered apple juice and hard cider.

Fresh liquid cider is extracted from the whole apple, including the apple core, trimmings from apples, and oddly sized or shaped “imperfect” apples, or apple culls. Fresh cider is opaque due to fine apple particles in suspension and generally tangier than commercially cooked and filtered apple juice, but this depends somewhat on the variety of apples used. Cider is sometimes pasteurized or exposed to UV light to kill bacteria and extend its shelf life, but traditional raw untreated cider is still common. Some companies have begun adding preservatives and boiling cider, so that it can be shelf stable and stored without refrigeration. In either form, apple cider is seasonally produced in autumn. It is traditionally served on Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve, sometimes heated and mulled. (Full article...)

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... that 9 to 5 actor Dabney Coleman flew to New York City to pursue acting the day after an actor stopped by for a drink?
... that The Banquet of Cleopatra depicts Cleopatra drinking a dissolved pearl to impress Mark Antony?
... that some insects drink the tears of their predators?
... that the "Mayor of Picklesburgh" is decided by a pickle juice drinking competition?
... that most cocoa in Samoa is consumed locally as a drink known as koko Samoa?
... that Al-Rantisi Hospital can extract drinking water from air?

... that Coca-Cola was originally invented by John Pemberton in 1886 as a medicine?

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Image 1Libyan tea with peanuts (from List of national drinks)
Image 2A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 3A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 4A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 5A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 6Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 7Palm wine is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm trees such as the palmyra, date palms, and coconut palms. It is known by various names in different regions and is common in various parts of Africa, the Caribbean, South America, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Micronesia. (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Per capita, people in Turkey drink more tea than in any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 9Various views of a bottle of mezcal. The "worm", which is actually the larval form of the moth Hypopta agavis that lives on the agave plant, can be seen in the middle image, at the bottom of the bottle. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 10Krupnik, the national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11Coffee accessories in small shops in Baščaršija, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 13The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 15A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 162004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 17A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 18Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 19Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 20Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 22Piña colada, a cocktail made with rum, cream of coconut, and pineapple juice, usually served either blended or shaken with ice. It may be garnished with either a pineapple wedge, maraschino cherry, or both. The drink originated in Puerto Rico. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 24A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 25Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 26Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 27Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 28Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 30Clear vodka served with pickled cucumber – the usual way of consuming vodka in Slavic countries of the so-called "vodka belt". (from List of national drinks)
Image 31Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 32The spritz is an Italian wine-based cocktail, commonly served as an apéritif across Italy. It consists of Prosecco, digestive bitters, and soda water. The original spritz veneziano uses Select as bitters and was created in Venice in 1920. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33A classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34Australian iced coffee served with ice-cream and coffee beans (from List of national drinks)
Image 35Mai Tai is a cocktail made of rum, Curaçao liqueur, orgeat syrup, and lime juice. It is one of the characteristic cocktails in Tiki culture. (from List of national drinks)
Image 36Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 38Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 40A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia. (from List of national drinks)
Image 41A glass of grappa, a grape-based pomace brandy of Italian origin. Grappa is a protected name in the European Union. (from List of national drinks)
Image 42Akpeteshie is a liquor produced by distilling palm wine or sugar cane, primarily in the region of Western Africa. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43Many in both Peru and Chile consider pisco sour their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 44Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 45Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 46The espresso comes from the Italian esprimere, which means "to express," and refers to the process by which hot water is forced under pressure through ground coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 47Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 48Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 49Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 50Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)

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A glass of iced Coca Cola in its signature logo glass

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Amund Ringnes (7 October 1840 – 13 January 1907) was a Norwegian businessman, brewery owner and patron.

He was born in Krødsherad, Buskerud, the son of Anders Knudsen Ringnes (1813–75), farmer, and his wife Maren Amundsdatter (1815–76). He grew up at the Ringnes farm, and commenced working at Akers Mekaniske Verksted in 1860. He left Akers Mek. Verksted in 1865, and was employed by the brewery Christiania Bryggeri. In 1876, he founded Ringnes & Compani brewery with his brother Ellef Ringnes and the businessman Axel Heiberg. It was the eighth brewery in Christiania (now Oslo), and later had its name changed to Ringnes Bryggeri. (Full article...)

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“

I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer

One bourbon, one scotch, one beer.

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— John Lee Hooker
George Thorogood & The Destroyers (1977)

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Bottle for distilled water in the Royal Academy of Pharmacy (Spain)

Purified water is water that has been mechanically filtered or processed to remove impurities and make it suitable for use. Distilled water was the most common form of purified water but water is more frequently purified by other processes including capacitive deionization, reverse osmosis, carbon filtering, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, ultraviolet oxidation, or electrodeionization. Combinations of a number of these processes have come into use to produce ultrapure water of such high purity that its trace contaminants are measured in parts per billion (ppb) or parts per trillion (ppt).

Purified water has many uses, largely in the production of medications, in science and engineering laboratories and industries, and is produced in a range of purities. It is also used in the commercial beverage industry as the primary ingredient of any given trademarked bottling formula, in order to maintain product consistency. It can be produced on-site for immediate use or purchased in containers. Purified water in colloquial English can also refer to water that has been treated ("rendered potable") to neutralize, but not necessarily remove contaminants considered harmful to humans or animals. (Full article...)

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